Electrical Engineering (B.S.E.E.)
As an electrical engineering major, you will be prepared to participate in the design and development of new products impacting every area of life. From smartphones to cars, medical technology to clean energy, electrical engineers strive to improve the lives of people everywhere.
Program Learning Outcomes
Program Educational Objectives
- Graduates will be technically competent in their Engineering specialty area and able to perform essential engineering functions in their career of choice.
- Furthermore, graduates will continue to learn and hone competencies necessary to their career through graduate education, participation in professional activities/societies, or other means relevant to their work.
- Graduates will influence or lead inter-disciplinary and diverse design teams to generate creative solutions that meet societal challenges.
- Graduates will conduct themselves in a manner consistent with the Christian faith, pursuing their work with a servant’s heart and a keen awareness of social responsibility.
Student Outcomes
Graduates from Messiah’s Engineering program demonstrate:
- an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
- an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
- an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences
- an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
- an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives
- an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
- an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
Major Requirements
Complete the following for your major:
Six credits distributed over multiple semesters from:
The sequence of the required six credits of
ENGR 415 is typically 1-1-2-2 over the last four semesters in the program of study. Alternative sequencing must be approved by the Engineering Department chair.
Electrical Engineering requirements:
One course from the following:
General Education Requirements
| Experiential Learning requirement |
|
0 |
| General Education requirements |
|
Credits |
| First Year Seminar |
IDFY 101/102H |
3 |
| Written Communication |
ENGL 110/110H |
3 |
| Oral Communication |
COMM 105 |
3 |
| Mathematical and Scientific Ways of Knowing |
Mathematics (MATH 111) |
met/major |
| Science with Lab (CHEM 105, PHYS 211) |
met/major |
Social Scientific Ways of Knowing
|
Social Science |
3 |
| Cultural/Humanistic Ways of Knowing |
24GE History |
3 |
Literary & Aesthetic Ways of Knowing
|
Literature or Arts |
3
|
Cultural/Humanistic Ways of Knowing
|
Philosophy or Religion
|
3 |
| Cultural/Humanistic Ways of Knowing |
1st and 2nd Level Language |
6 |
| Intercultural Perspectives |
Intercultural Global (or International Cross-cultural or 3rd Level Language) OR Intercultural Perspectives US (or Domestic Cross-cultural) |
3 |
Bible
|
24GE Bible |
3 |
Christian Beliefs
|
24GE Christian Beliefs |
3 |
Holistic Wellness
|
WELL 1xx |
1 |
Ethics and the Common Good
|
24GE Ethics and the Common Good |
3 |
Common Learning
|
Experiential Learning (ENGR 302) |
met/major |
| General Education requirements |
|
40 |
| Major requirements (inclusive of concentration) |
|
91-92 |
| Free Electives |
|
0 |
| Total credits |
|
131-132 |